Testicular toxicity assesment of Andrographis paniculata dried extract in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Burgos, R A ^a   Caballero, E E ^a   Sanchez N S ^a   Schroeder, R A ^a   Wikman, G K ^b   Hancke, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Swedish Herbal Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Leydig cells; Subchronic toxicity; Testicles

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030609172     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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